The status of one who abandons prayer and pronounces the testimony of faith before his death
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says that his father has passed away. He says he did not pray at all. He says he then pronounced the testimony of faith before he died. He says what is obligatory for me regarding my father?
Answer:
If his pronouncement of the testimony was a repentance, a repentance to Allah the Exalted, and it was during his life, meaning it was not at the moment of death (gharghara), if it was at the moment of death, "La ilaha illa Allah" does not benefit him. But if it was a repentance before the moment of death, we hope that he repented to Allah the Exalted. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says that his father has passed away. He says he did not pray at all. He says he then pronounced the testimony of faith before he died. He says what is obligatory for me regarding my father?
Answer:
If his pronouncement of the testimony was a repentance, a repentance to Allah the Exalted, and it was during his life, meaning it was not at the moment of death (gharghara), if it was at the moment of death, "La ilaha illa Allah" does not benefit him. But if it was a repentance before the moment of death, we hope that he repented to Allah the Exalted. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 28-03-1434هـ — alfawzan.live (1:02:38)
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